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World Cotton Day

01 Oct, 2024

World Cotton Day 7 October 2024

Cotton is at the heart of everything we do at Wallace Cotton, it’s even in our name! Choosing natural, quality fabrics to make bed linen, home essentials and sleepwear from has been important to us from the very beginning. We’re recognising World Cotton Day by sharing what it means to us and millions of others around the world. Read on to discover our sustainability story and learn more about our favourite ‘feel good’ fabric, organic cotton.

Weaving a better future for cotton

Cotton is one of the most common fabrics in our wardrobes and on our beds. It is comfortable, breathable and durable. Cotton as a crop is a life-changing product that sustains 32 million growers worldwide (almost half of them women) and benefits over 100 million families across 80 countries in 5 continents.

World Cotton Day is supported by the United Nations as an opportunity to encourage sustainable trade policies to help developing countries that produce cotton, to benefit more from every step of the cotton supply chain. The theme for this year’s official UN Cotton Day is “Making cotton fair and sustainable for all: from farm to fashion”. The United Nations is hoping to raise visibility of cotton including the critical role that it plays in sustainable economic growth, international trade and poverty alleviation, highlighting the importance of employment and decent work for all.

Cotton suppliers and certifications

We believe in using the finest natural fabrics from renewable sources. Where possible, we choose organic cotton for our bed linen and sleepwear collections. Organic cotton is produced free from pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and genetic modification, which minimises the impact on the environment. This also contributes to a safer environment for the people who work with cotton crops, the local wildlife and their ecosystems.

We work with carefully selected cotton suppliers who carry the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). These organisations oversee the production process to ensure a more transparent and accountable supply chain. And this means we are working with suppliers whose ethical and sustainable principles align with our own.

OUR SUSTAINABILITY STORY

Fabric Focus: organic cotton

We design our collections so our customers can create beautiful spaces to feel happy and relaxed in. Make your home beautiful and comfortable with bed linen and sleepwear made from one of our favourite ‘feel good’ natural fabrics – organic cotton. Sourced from carefully chosen suppliers, we use sustainable GOTS certified organic cotton yarn for as many of our collections as possible. Organic cotton creates bedding and sleepwear that is comfortable, breathable, kinder on your skin and on the planet. Learn more about organic cotton, why it’s a sustainable choice and the beautiful collections we make from this feel good fabric.

FABRIC FOCUS: ORGANIC COTTON

Planet friendly for every bed

Sleep better in our Purity Organic Cotton bed linen collection. Made from certified organic cotton, a breathable, toxin free and soft fabric that is kinder on the planet and kinder on your skin. Our Purity Organic Cotton range is a beautiful and sustainable choice for all the beds in your home, and includes duvet cover sets, sheets and pillowcases and are GOTS and OEKO-TEX certified. Choose from fresh white, classic stripes and gingham checks, which are designed to mix and match. Make your next bed linen purchase an organic cotton one, it won’t cost the earth.

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